From National Geographic, photograph courtesy NIBR
This tiny translucent creature is a new species of crustacean recently discovered off the Korean coast in the Sea of Japan (East Sea).
Tentatively named Ascidicola secundus, the animal is one of eight crustacean species found during the second phase of the Korean indigenous species project.
A. secundus bears a strong resemblance to A. rosea, a crustacean that lives in the Atlantic Ocean and has been known since 1859. But close examination revealed that the two are different species, NIBR’s Min-Ha said.
